Answering the COVID-19 call? Is it time to bring the Greys out the grey-zone?

I agree. Lots of folks reinvented themselves after service or expanding the knowledge and credentials. ie. Medic before but RN now. Fastrack recall with frocked ranks???

Need any Honorably Discharged Fire Protection Specialist,

LTC (Join to see) - I think they are operating under the assumption that prior service people who later became a medical professional of some sort, they are serving their local community. Taking them out to go to another community compounds the problem. Their hope is to get folks that are retired or who have moved out of practice in education, administration, sales, etc. The military just so happens to have a convenient retainer system for retirees and legal vehicles To bring them back.

Former Medics, 91B, 91W, 68Ws are an amazing breed. Many have gone on to a great variety of useful professions, but generally lack civilian equivalency beyond EMT-basic (a tragedy I might add). I have complete faith that collecting these assorted and wayward souls would yield a tremendously effective treatment team with just a little polishing. Most people, including a terribly high percentage of our veterans, have never seen a Combat Medic firing on all cyclinders. I was once one of them, have been privileged to lead some, and I would be honored to partner with veterans in this growing crisis. I have never doubted what happens when uncommon talent finds common purpose.